Soaid Turns Up for Interrogation over Anti-Hizbullah Tweet But Session Postponed
A session to interrogate ex-MP Fares Soaid was postponed Monday, due to a strike by judicial assistants.
The session was scheduled for today after Hizbullah filed a lawsuit against Soaid, because of a tweet that Hizbullah said “stirred sectarian sentiments and civil war.”
Soaid had accused Hizbullah of "storing weapons in Hangar 12," holding them accountable for the Beirut port blast.
The upcoming session’s date wasn’t specified, the National News Agency said.
“We respected the Judiciary’s decision for today’s session, and we respect its decision to postpone the interrogation,” Soaid said.
“We hope that nothing happens in Lebanon before the next session, otherwise (Hizbullah) might be held responsible for any consequences,” the ex-lawmaker added.
“The plaintiff is not an ordinary party,” Soaid stressed, adding that the disagreement “is not over money” but over a political dispute in a “chaotic and insecure country.”
Soaid said he fears “a security incident” if the session is postponed for long.
Soaid had come to the Justice Palace in Baabda, with his lawyer, to appear before the First Mount Lebanon Investigative Judge Nicolas Mansour.
A group of supporters, including ex-MPS Marwan Hmedeh and Ahmad Fatfat, had staged a sit-in in front of the Justice Palace.
Source: Naharnet
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